Hecho vs. hecha

Question

Can anyone tell me why hecho and not hecha is used in the following sentence? La araña ha hecho la red. Araña and red are feminine-right ? ¡Gracias!

Si. - Gex-Thunderstrom, Feb 26, 2015

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Answer 1

Hecho is the past participle of hacer. It does not take gender.

eg Ella ha dormido She has slept

I still don't understand why hecho is used. Is it when past participles are used as adjectives that they take gender? - Luzzyv, Feb 26, 2015

Yes. But not when they are being used as a past participle following haber. - bosquederoble, Feb 26, 2015

:) - sanlee, Feb 27, 2015

Answer 2

The Araña and red are femenine words, but in this case refers to the acction of Make (hacer) in the past form (hecho).

You can use the word "hecha" but i don´t know how to say when you can use the word.

La cama está hecha. La tarea está hecha.

Here it is an adjective so changes with gender. - jennysk, Feb 26, 2015

La red está hecha por la araña? - annierats, Feb 26, 2015

También. - Gex-Thunderstrom, Feb 26, 2015

Vale. - annierats, Feb 26, 2015

Gracias Gex T - sanlee, Feb 27, 2015

Answer 3

Hecho is the past participle of Hacer and can be used as part of the present or past perfect tense (in which case it is invariable and does not change), or it can be used as an adjective, which will change with gender. I will stick with the "tarea."

Mariana ha hecho la tarea--past participle used to form present perfect tense.

La tarea está hecha Here it is used as an adjective modifying "tarea"

OK?

Thanks, Dani! - sanlee, Feb 27, 2015

Thank you everyone! I understand ;) - Luzzyv, Mar 10, 2015

Answer 4

La araña ha hecho la red

is correct. I wish I knew how to explain. sorry I wasn't of much help.